Former University of Akron men’s soccer player DeAndre Yedlin has been named to the USA’s 23-player roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup this summer in Brazil.

U.S. Soccer announced its roster Thursday.

Yedlin, who was named to the Major League Soccer All-Star team as a rookie for the Seattle Sounders last season, is the first former Zips player to make a U.S. World Cup roster.

“It's an exciting moment when you have narrowed the roster down as a coaching staff, and these 23 players that you’ve chosen can focus now purely on Brazil,” U.S. Soccer head coach Jurgen Klinsmann said in a press release.

University of Akron midfielder Adam Najem has been named to the 24-player U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team, U.S. Soccer announced Thursday.

Najem was one of the top freshmen in college soccer last fall.

The select group, which will be overseen by U-20 MNT assistant coach Brian Bliss, will train on the campus of N.C. State from May 17-25. The camp will feature friendly matches against the Carolina RailHawks (May 20), RailHawks U-23s (May 22) and Wilmington Hammerheads (May 24) while head coach Tab Ramos fulfills his duties as an assistant coach with the U.S. Men’s National Team at the team’s World Cup preparation camp in Palo Alto, Calif.

Najem was a member of the U.S. Under-18 National Team player pool in high school and is a current member of the New York Red Bulls Academy of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. He was previously called in for the U-20 MNT training camp in Lakewood Ranch, Fla., last January.

University of Akron men’s basketball head coach Keith Dambrot announced on Wednesday that Noah Robotham has signed a national letter of intent to play for the Zips in the 2014-15 season.

Robotham, a 5-foot-11 point guard from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, joins the Zips as the No. 6 player in the Class of 2014 from the state of Nevada, according to the ESPN Top 100.

“Noah is a proven winner with an outstanding basketball IQ and tremendous skill at the point guard position,” Dambrot said in a prepared statement. “He comes from a program with a winning tradition and has a great family, including a brother [Czar] that plays [professional] basketball in Canada.”

During his senior year, Noah Robotham was named the 2014 Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year after averaging 16.0 points, 7.1 assists and 3.1 steals per game. He helped Bishop Gorman to a 29-4 record and the program’s third consecutive Nevada state championship.

Former University of Akron men’s soccer player DeAndre Yedlin has been selected to the United States 30-man preliminary roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

U.S. soccer announced its selections Monday. A squad of 23 players will be chosen from the 30-man group by June 2 for the final roster that will travel to Brazil.

The 30 players on the preliminary roster will begin reporting to Palo Alto, Calif., on May 14 for the start of training camp at Stanford University.

Yedlin was a two-time All-Mid-American Conference first team honoree with the Zips from 2011-12. He appeared in 45 games – including 41 starts – and finished with 12 assists as a right back. Akron went 33-5-7 overall and 13-0-0 in league play during Yedlin's time and advanced to the NCAA Tournament each season.

The University of Akron men’s basketball team has received a commitment from Noah Robotham, a senior point guard from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nev.

Robotham announced Friday on social medial that he plans to play basketball for the Zips this upcoming season.

“I’ve decided to attend the University of Akron!” Robotham said on Twitter. “Thanks to all who supported me..can’t wait to get out to Ohio & start a new chapter #GoZips.”

Robotham was named the 2014 Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year following a senior year in which he averaged 16.0 points, 7.1 assists and 3.1 steals per game and helped guide Bishop Gorman to its third consecutive large school state title in March.

University of Akron men’s soccer head coach Jared Embick announced the addition of midfielder Brent Nanchoff and defender Danilo Radjen to the Zips 2014 roster.

Nanchoff is from North Royalton and will be a freshman in the fall. He carries on the family name at Akron, following in the footsteps of his father Louie, uncle George, and cousin Michael. Louie and George were All-Americans at UA in the mid-1970s before beginning professional careers. Michael was a member of UA’s national championship team in 2010 and is currently with the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer.

Brent Nanchoff played for the International Soccer Club of the U.S. Soccer Developmental Academy in Cleveland.

“We are excited to add another talented Nanchoff to the Akron soccer family” Embick said. “Brent has the chance to be as successful as Louie, George and Michael. He has great technique and passing ability and can see the field better than most players coming into college. Brent has grown up around the game and you can see that in the way he plays. He has a high soccer IQ.”